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Another former member of Cal football will embark for the NFL, as defensive end James Looney was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round with the 232nd pick of the 2018 NFL Draft.Read More…

Auditions are always nerve-wracking, especially when you have to perform in front of a dozen or so NFL scouts while sporting nothing but skintight shorts on a rainy afternoon in Berkeley. Nevertheless, most of the 16 former Bears who participated in Pro Day activities impressed despite the adverse weather conditions.Read More…

In a sport where there’s no such thing as a moral win, it’s hard to make sense of a season in which a team misses out on making a bowl game and extended an embarrassing streak of conference road losses, but still managed to show a lot of promise. WhatRead More…

Of course, a loss in the Rose Bowl to end the season wouldn’t all of a sudden make 2017 a failure. But, if the season does come to a close amid the palm trees, reflecting upon the year and thinking about how next season looks may become a lot less fun.Read More…

There’s no such thing as an “unimportant” Big Game, but Cal football head coach Justin Wilcox’s first go-around comes at a particular doozy of a time. Big stakes for the Bears? Check. They need one more win to become bowl-eligible in a season in which that initially felt like anRead More…

Some coaches would argue that it’s better to play aggressively and get beaten on defense for big plays occasionally rather than die by 5-yard gain after 5-yard gain. Well, when the opposing offense can put up a big play on every drive of the game, it hardly makes a difference.Read More…

When Patrick Laird scores a touchdown, or makes a big play, he does a book-reading celebration. Maybe it’s a testament to how hard he studies, how much he loves novels, or how well he knows the playbook. Who knows. What is for certain is Cal does not pull out Saturday’sRead More…